Nurse Practitioners

Lisa Small (f)

Advanced Nurse practitioner

Specialist Nurses

Advance Nurse Practitioner :

Advanced nurse practitioners are trained specialist nurses. They have undertaken additional educational and practical training to be able to assess, diagnose, examine and safely treat and manage both acute and chronic conditions.

The nurse practitioner can prescribe medication for most conditions and ailments, order appropriate investigations such as blood tests/ECG etc, and can refer patients onto secondary and specialist care.

They may also refer you for GP review and follow up following consultation.

The nurse practitioner currently has on the day appointments available at the surgery for acute episodes of illness and can also carry out home visits.

Nurses

Rita Hands (f)

RGN

Rita works every Thursday and alternate Mondays. There is an early morning clinic every Thursday.

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Catherine Rait (f)

Healthcare Assistant

Catherine works every morning from 9am-12.30pm.

Practice Management

Sandra Ross (f)

Practice Manager

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Administration

Alison Fraser (f)

Office Manager

Reception

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

Audrey Sinclair

Secretary/Receptionist

Sarah Pocock

Secretary/Receptionist

Carol MacKinnon (f)

Secretary/Receptionist

Community Nurses

Nurses are available by appointment at 14:00, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, for such things as removal of sutures, change of dressings and syringing of ears. A clinic to promote continence is held monthly. Appointments are made through the receptionist.

For further information and to arrange home visits please telephone directly on Beauly 782341.

Health Visitors

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.

Beauly health visitors can be contacted on 783403

Attached Staff

Physiotherapy - We have a physiotherapist who visits on a Thursday, the team can be contacted on 782343.